as far as obama, i think he is an abomination and to go before our troops and say, you make a good photo op, that did it. he doesn't know what he's doing and i think the sooner the better we get a lady, woman who is the caliber of sarah palin, we can turn things around. thank you. >> so you think she'll be running in the next election? >> that is up to her. i'm not here to tell her to do that or not to do that. i think she's got a lot of spunk and a lot of leadership qualities and whatever she believes she can do, i'm sure she will. and i think she'll do it with gusto and i think she's got a lot of followers to help her along the way. i think that she's opted every turn by the loony liberals and people that want to tear things down. they do it because they know she is a force for good and i think they are only a force for evil. i'm sorry to say it, i'm 75 years old and i've seen a lot of changes in our country. but we are on the wrong road, absolutely on the wrong road. who does obama bring into the fold? people that haven't paid their taxes. people whose goals and whose leadership quali

as far as obama's, i think he is an abomination and to go before our troops to say you make a good photo op. that did it. he does not know what he is doing and the sooner, the better we get a lady, a woman who is the caliber of sarah palin, we can turn things around. thank you. >> do thing she will run in the next election? >> that is up to her. i am not here to tell her to do that or not. she has a lot of response and a lot of leadership qualities and whatever she believes she can do i am sure she will and i think she will do it with gusto and she will have a lot of followers to help her along the way. she is knocked at every turn by the looney liberals and people that want to tear things down. they do it because she knows she is a force for good and they are only a force for evil. i am sorry to say it. i am 75 years old and i have seen a lot of changes in our country but we're on the wrong road. absolutely on the wrong road. who does obama bring into the fold? people that have not paid their taxes, peoples whose goals and leadership qualities why are we letting some little squirt two m

as far as obama, i think he is an abomination. and to go before our troops and say, "you make a good photo op" that did it. i think he doesn't know what he's doing. and i think the sooner the better we get a lady, woman, who is the caliber of sarah palin. we can turn things around. thank you. >> so you think she'll be running in the next election? >> that's up to her. i'm not here to tell her to do that or not to do that. i think she's got a lot of spunk and a lot of leadership qualities. and whatever she believes she can do, i'm sure she will. and i think she'll do it with gusto, and i think she's got a lot of followers to help her along the way. i think that she's knocked at every turn by the loony liberals and people that want to tear things down. they do it because they know she is a force for good. and i think they are only a force for evil. i'm sorry to say it. i'm 75 years old and i've seen a lot of changes in our country. but we are on the wrong road. absolutely on the wrong road. who does obama bring into the fold? people

as far as barack obama is concerned, he can no longer invoked present -- he has to make a decision. i like to see him make an assertive decision. guest: there was a lot there. i appreciate what she is saying about the veterans. there is a distinct difference between afghanistan and vietnam because al qaeda was based in afghanistan and launched an attack on this. where are the from her and is about -- this thing about the mission is important. i do think that the mission really has it changed your should change. it did go from getting al qaeda, which is of course a smart thing to do -- but at this point you have such a mess on the ground that if you do not do some measure of civil society building, you wind up leaving behind a mess very similar to that which gave rise to the harboring of al qaeda. we did this before. except that we did not do with our own troops. in the afghan war between the soviet union and the afghan people we empowered many of the people who are fighting now. then we just left the playing field once the soviet union was defeated and left the bunch of weapons ther

my question is, as far as your work with barack obama on his campaign, how would all of this have comet had you went to the other side? this machine is incredibly complex and strong and robust. does it work for evil as well as good? [laughs] >> it does. i mean, it's a really good question. now in the context of this particular campaign, um... you know, last year, it wouldn't have worked john mccain. it wouldn't have and the reason this particular technology would not is his campaign was not premised on giving people a voice. it works when it's about - basically it's premised on empowering people to speak and act. once you do that, they're able to connect with one another and they're able to - the barrier to coordinate action just becomes so much lower. think about coordinating a event where people go and knock on people's doors. used to you had to find out that through a flier or phone call and now you get it directly on-line and find out two people on your block are going, the time you, respond and it makes the whole thing easier. so when it comes to, you know, whether the mccain camp

as far as your work with barack obama on his campaign, help with all of this come out if you had gone to the other side? this machine is incredibly complex, strong, and robust. data does it work for evil as well as good? -- does it work for evil as well as good? [laughter] [applause] >> that is a really good question. in the context of this particular campaign last year, it would not have worked for john mccain. it would not have. the reason this particular technology would not have worked for him is because his campaign was not premised on giving people a voice. the technology works when it is premised on empower people to speeak and act. they are able to connect with one another. the barrier to coordinate action becomes much lower. think about coordinating an event where people go and knock on doors. you used to have to find out about the debt through a phone call or advertisement. now you get it directly online. you find out how many people are going. it makes the whole thing easier. when it comes to whether the mccain campaign could have used the same technology to their advantage

guest: the early elections were huge as far as a black mark on the obama administration. they campaigned with those candidates and a lot of resources into it. it did not look work at all. i think the poll results matter because it influences the way members of congress view him. it applauses -- it changes the amount of influence he has when it comes up to capitol hill. if he had a 70% approval rating, and he pushed for the health care bill, there are not many democrats who would oppose them. the democrats who are up for reelection may do some soul- searching to get reelected. obama lost arkansas but 20 points in 2008. you can imagine that he is not more popular there than he was back then. host: how much political capital do you think he has? guest: he has some. it is less than he used to have. he has the bully pulpit is popular with the american people but his influence on the capitol hill is on the decline. this lack of leadership as part of it. he is not up for reelection in 2010. all of the house members are and some members of the senate are. guest: obama and his fam

i am very satisfied in the outcome of the discussion with president obama. as farclear deal is concerned, the president has reaffirmed that it is the common resolve of our two governments to operational lieize this as sn as possible. there are teams that need to be crossed and "i's" that need to be dotted. >> the head of the federal deposit insurance corporation tells reporters that her agency is out of money. in a half-hour, the headed the congressional budget office on the economy and deficit. after that, a look of fraud in the medicare and medicaid system. political strategists from both parties talk about 5 partisanship and politics. -- bipartisanship and politics. >> we will look at the house lobbying effort with the center for responsive politics. you can call him with their questions about medicare part d would tom scully. david pryor talks but his new autobiography. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the center for american progress is hosting a forum on the u.s. education system tomorrow morning. it have remarks by arne

i am very satisfied in the outcome of the discussion with president obama. as far as the nuclear deal is concerned, the president has reaffirmed that it is the common resolve of our two governments to operational lieize this as sn as possible. there are teams that need to be crossed and "i's" that need to be dotted. i'm confident. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> a short joint news conference with prime minister obama and the prime minister of india. -- with president obama and the prime minister of india. this will be the first state dinner given by the obamas and will be given for prime minister singh. the toasts will start tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. in about an hour, a discussion on the global food shortage and efforts being undertaken to reduce world hunger -- hunter worldwide. all of that live from the brookings institution at 1:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> thanksgiving day on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern, bill clinton is on hand to present steven spielberg with this year's liberty medal. also on hand, alex greenberger and others

abdullah's withdrawal from the runoff election comes as president obama weighs his options for the war in afghanistan. so far the white house says the decision will not complicate the president's review of war strategy. appearing on abc's "this week," presidential adviser valerie jarrett didn't say whether abdullah's withdrawal would speed, up or delay the president's decision on troop levels. >>> job creation and economic growth. that's what treasury secretary timothy geithner says the obama administration is folking on. in an appearance on nbc's "meet the press" today, geithner refused to say if achieving either of those goals will mean higher taxes. >> what hard charges have been made so far? are you going to raise taxes? >> we're going to have to bring our resources and our expenditures more into balance. >> so, it's possible. >> well, again, the president's committed to make sure we get this coming back on track. we're bringing -- >> you talked about hard choices, so why can't you give a straight answer to whether taxes have to come up when you have a deficit this big? >> because, david, right now we're

i think what obama is doing is dithering. as far as bush and dick cheney paying back what was spent on the war, the first responsibility of the government is to protect its citizens. host: we're out of time on this. thank you for your call. we will take a short break. our next focus will be how much money is going into the coffers of politicians with regard to the health-care debate. we learned more from the head of the center for responsive politics. ♪ >> things giving day on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern, bill clinton will present steven spielberg with this year's liberty medal. stanley greenberg as part of a panel assessing the obama presidency. from the jfk library and museum, nick burns on terrorism. at 5:00 p.m., ludacris on youth mentoring. >> on this vote, the yays are 60, nays are 59. the motion is agreed to. >> said the moves the health care bill to the floor, live starting monday. public option, taxes, abortion, and medicare on the only network that brings to the said that gavel-to-gavel. >host: sheila krumholz, executie d

i am very satisfied in the outcome of the discussion with president obama. as fars the nuclear deal is concerned, the president has reaffirmed that it is the common resolve of our two governments to operational lieize this as sn as possible. there are teams that need to be crossed and "i's" that need to be dotted. i'm confident. >> thank you very much, everybody. sustainable and solid. bob? >> thank you, david. we know that we're in the midst of the deepest downturn in decades, but i'd like to back up a bit. and talk first about the economic recovery that preceded the current downturn, which started at the end of 2001 and ran through the end of 2007. now, the reason i'm bringing this up, is that we have a norm l hall cycle -- normal cycle, during periods of economic growth, employment increases and poverty declines and during recessions, unemployment rises and poverty rises with it. however, what happened in the last recovery is we had virtually no decline in poverty. the median income of the typical working aged household in the united states was no higher at the

did president obama and you discuss what could be done to attain down that rhetoric? >> as far as your second question is concerned, i mentioned to the president that like other countries we welcome the peaceful rise of china. we're also engaged with china. of the last five years, we have been discussing the border problem, and meanwhile our economic relations have grown in their intensity china is one of our major trading partners. therefore, we are all in favor of the rest of the world engaging china. but i made mention in recent weeks and months, but we have focused a greater deal of assertiveness on the part of china. i did not see any help from the united states. we just reviewed the world situation and i am confident that trooper a bus full negotiations between our two countries will resolve outstanding issues. -- that true personal relationships -- personal negotiations between our two countries will resolve outstanding issues. we talked about reducing and correcting the global imbalances with the responsibilities of various countries. now that the united states is engag

now we're -- republicans i think are somewhat content just letting president obama's failures be our success. if that's as far as we get, then we'll probably win close to 30 seats. but president obama's failures aren't our successes. they are our opportunities. if we step up to the plate and kind of evolve a little bit to the next generation of republicans, yeah, i think we can actually get in the low 40s, and maybe even better. when president clinton lost what 54 seats, something like that? his popularity ratings were under 50. with president obama, that won't be the geometry. his personal popularity is separate from what people are voting on as policies. and we want him to succeed. he represents an america, an improved america. we don't want to go back to a more rationally deviced country. we don't want him to fail. but i think the dynamic for the next election is going to break pedal. you have the white house, the car has no brake. anking. you can take the price control mechanisms and instead of top-down putting them in washington, with three smart guys deciding how to save health care money, more market-o

far as us knowing before law review that happened during the administration. i would say general the way that, this is not a direct answer to your question, but the way that the obama administration is approaching antitrust appears to be different. they appear to be very interested in issues that revolve around technology, the technology industry, both at the justice department and the federal trade commission. and that's a tricky thing. i read a story in the paper on sunday how some interest in the high-tech sector has engaged washington and the valley more than it ever has been. but again at the delicate balance. google will tell you and other companies, too, that you don't want to be overburdened some with the rules and regulations that would hamper innovation, that could potentially set rules that could be outdated so terribly quickly because the web moves so quickly and changes so quickly. so there's a delicate balance is trying to balance right now, that's trying to be struck right now. and that actually is across several agencies. as of the federal trade commission, the justice department, the federal communications commission, which right now is grappling w

as far away as arizona. malvo, meanwhile is serving life without parole. >>>ed commander in chief, we understand, has just arrived in texas. these are live pictures of michelle obamast exited air force one. brought the president to ft. hood for today's memorial. live pictures. there's the president and first lady in their motorcade as they make their way to the memorial that's expected to start in about an hour and a half now. we're following that story, by the way, all day here on hln, and, in fact, are going to take you to ft. hood in a couple's moments. live pictures as the president and first lady arrive for the memorial service to honor the 13 people who died at ft. hood last week in that mass shooting. the largest mass shooting on a post in u.s. history. >>> i want to ask you if you have seen this little girl. police in maine say she's 2-year-old haley traynham. keep your eyes peel fundamental you're in the area. the search extended to vermont. the vermont state police act valuated its amber alert system as part of what is now a three-state search for this little girl. here's what we know. police say she's with her father, 38-year-old gary traynham thought t

similar point of view from this twitter comment -- and obama voters seem to be the most upset over this situation. feeling regrets already? as far as the so-called war tax being proposed and a new tax to fund democratic health care, the editorial from "the financial times." "time for democrats to recognize the limits to this approach, the government cannot balance the books on the backs of this system. the parties fiscal strategy has reached a point of rapidly diminishing returns. it already demands no credibility to the democrats knee-jerk response. there is a story this morning from inside of "the new york times." writing about the so-called conservative checklist, here is the essence of the story. "reporters -- it was not clear whether the test would be adapted when put up for consideration next year before the republican national committee, but it is drafting a striking example from month republicans about how best to handle pressure from conservatives about how to move the party to the right." michael, new york city. good morning. caller: one of those things that was most important in that article, you are talking about bil

as in modes of doing things? >> what has been the best model so far? i mean, i realize obamabrought the youth vote out, but how do we keep it out? >> when john and i did the fountain of youth, we listed at the end of one chap sister a check list of suggestions, a checklist of opportunities that local parties might use to draw young people in, and it was a profile of very successful towns, and it was things like social events where young people wanted to be there, you know, the pot luck dinners, maybe we should let those slide. you know, reaching out to the young people through communications that they're used to. parties know absolutely nothing about the ways -- and understand from the article that it's going to make email obsolete soon. i have no idea how that's possible. but parties need to be on to that technologically. they need to give them meaningful positions in the committee. they need to feel as though they count. here's the thing. young people are very active in their civic world because they get a payoff from what they do with the soup kitchen. if they don't get a

as far away as new zealand, they were happy to pony up the cost to have this opportunity, no question about it. >> always good to see you, my friend. >> reporter: my pleasure. >>> well, president obama is in beijing, part of his eight-day trip to asia and met with hu jintao this morning. president obama was checking in with wu.s.' biggest banker. china's government may need assurances that its huge holdings of u.s. dollars in debt are safe. president obama held a town hall meeting with college students in shanghai where he pushed for greater freedoms in china. >> we do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation, but we also don't believe that the principles that we stand for are unique to our nation. these freedoms of expression and worship of access to information and political participation, we believe, are universal rights. they should be available to all people, including ethnic and religious minorities, whether they are in the united states, china, or any nation. >> president obama will also visit china's great wall. the obama administration says people trying to politicize the president's bow to china's emperor are empress are quote, way, way, way off base

that constituency had these 80% of people voting democratic for obama who say they would support this. it seems to be low on their-- as far as how excited they are about this. in light of that how do you see this passing if people aren't fired up about it? the first of all the whole foods protests, there were protest all over the country, indications that whole foods lost some business over the protests and people were very upset about it. for those who don't know the ceo road in op-eds in "the wall street journal" basically saying health care should not be a human rights and a lot of people were very upset about it. there were facebook web sites. we did call for a boycott and a lot of people participated in protest of round the country, so i think it was a successful protest. how do weech rigor mass action on single-payer? i don't led obama off the hook on this. a lot of people in the single-payer would say we have to push obama, we have to give him cover but obama, obama started in the middle. obama started with a dirty deal with the pharmaceutical and health insurance industry's. had he started with single-payer , ther

obama came forward. he made a few mistakes, on the olympics, for example, as far as mass construction was concerned. he got himself into politics with that. what should our strategy or tactics be in regard to the weapons of mass construction -- mass instruction? >> i would suggest a challenge to john mueller's argument. people frame their intentions with an eye towards their capabilities. the only record we have of soviet intentions is a record in which they faced the capabilities that the west arrayed against them. in the absence of those capabilities, they may have had different intentions. the big point of your argument is that you describe a world in which america consistently exaggerates threats. the new measure the level of threat. the level of threat is the level that exists in a world where the united states exaggerates threats. we can never know what the threats would be in a world where the united states did not exaggerate threats. to make your argument stick, if you would have to argue that the united states has been a terrible failure in international politics. we are constantly getting

obama he would be off the air. why is there this double standard? >> okay. first of all, sotomayor did not make a sex tape as far as i know. >> that we know of. >> that we know of. that's true. i don't want to jump to conclusions here. it looks like she might not have. all of these people. >> again, these are not -- you're being very unfair. they're pre-digital, those folks. >> don't you think some of this, the attack is because she's a conservative right-wing chick who is saying things like, you know -- >> vanessa williams had the. you-know-what kicked out of her -- >> against gay marriage and a conservative girl and then she does a sex tape that goes against the christian upbringing. the hypocrisy is what people are hanging on to here. it's not the free speech issue. >> i don't believe it's a conservative issue. look at vanessa williams. she's parlayed that into a terrific career. 20 years ago when we were talking about her and her dirty pictures when she got her title, she was excoriated. i don't think she's so conservative or liberal. the issue was you stood up there and said you're perfect and you weren't s

obama he would be off the air. why is there this double standard? >> okay. first of all, sotomayor did not make a sex tape as far as i know. >> that we know of. >> that we know of. that's true. i don't want to jump to conclusions here. it looks like she might not have. all of these people. >> again, these are not -- you're being very unfair. they're predigital, those folks. >> don't you think some of this, the attack is because she's a conservative right wing chick who is saying things like, you know -- >> vanessa williams had the you know what kicked out of her -- >> against gay marriage and a conservative girl and then she does a sex tape that goes against the christian upbringing. the hypocrisy is what people are hanging on to here. it's not the free speech issue. >> i don't believe it's a conservative issue. look at vanessa williams. she's parlayed that into a terrific career. 20 years ago when we were talking about her and her dirty pictures when she got her title, she was excoriated. i don't think she's so conservative or liberal. the issue was you stood up there and said you're perfect and you weren't so

that constituency had these 80% of people voting democratic for obama who say they would support this. it seems to be low on their-- as far as how excited they are about this. in light of that how do you see this passing if people aren't fired up about it? the first of all the whole foods protests, there were protest all over the country, indications that whole foods lost some business over the protests and people were very upset about it. for those who don't know the ceo road in op-eds in "the wall street journal" basically saying health care should not be a human rights and a lot of people were very upset about it. there were facebook web sites. we did call for a boycott and a lot of people participated in protest of round the country, so i think it was a successful protest. how do weech rigor mass action on single-payer? i don't led obama off the hook on this. a lot of people in the single-payer would say we have to push obama, we have to give him cover but obama, obama started in the middle. obama started with a dirty deal with the pharmaceutical and health insurance industry's. had he started with single-payer , ther

to associate barack obama with what they perceived to be labor- oriented or liberal policies in the european context and to almost associate the american republican party as being far right wing, certainly much further to the right than the conservative party. in britain. this goes back to the first point about seeing our system more unified than it really is. it comes up later on and you see that there is some anger currently right now with barack obama because of this. of course, this was very naive and interesting that obamas election solved american race problems. the reason that europeans were so interested in obama in particular is exactly because -- we had a conversation before -- that was certainly the most important component but there were just as impressed that we would pick somebody cool, frankly. immediately after this happened the british press was consumed with the question of whether there would be a british obama. they're concerned about whether minorities have the kind of chances in their system that a minority candidate did in the american context. this was a surprising comparison because the minority population throughout europe and especially i